Wit and Wisdom
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“Nothing resists a human will that stakes its very existence upon the achievement of its purpose”
“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
“A consistent man believes in destiny; a capricious man in chance.”
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.””
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.”
Source: Curiosities of literature
“I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.”
Source: Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1835-1837
“Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.”
“The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.”
“Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
Source: Endymion
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.”
Source: The Sayings of Disraeli
“I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
“Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.”
Source: The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
“Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.”
Source: Contarini Fleming: A Romance
“He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.”
“Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.”
Source: Disraeli: Speech at the Banquet of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, at the Crystal Palace, on June 24, 1872. Rede Im Kristallpalast Am 24 Juni 1872
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.”
“The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.”
“A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.”
“All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!”
“The English nation is never so great as in adversity.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
“More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)